Hey everyone this is going to be my partner & I's 1st custom gaming rig build and I would appreciate any suggestions you have for our build. We are looking to have 2 identical rigs built so we can each enjoy gaming online while not having to share a rig instead.

We will be using this for the standard stuff like ms office, web surfing, music & movies but our main purpose is gaming. Our budget is around $3000 Canadian, including taxes & shipping and the games we are looking to play @ 1920x1080 resolution are COD:MW2 & 3, Dirt 3, SC2, NFS (most current title), C&C 4 & BF:BC2, possibly some others as well later on

We already have a monitor, keyboard & mouse that we will using, so it's just the case, internals & os that we need. Here's what I've come up with so far..

I'd pass on the SSD and bump the 560 up to a 570 or 6970. It'll be a lot easier to add an SSD down the line than to upgrade your card.

Yeah, SSDs are nice performance boosters, but if you're compromising on other, more important components, it may be worth. And, to be honest, all SSD prices are doing is going down, down, down with every new generation. So, I'm with this guy. ^